Today’s Headlines

8:59 AM EDT on May 19, 2015

$1.3 Billion Bailout Keeps Thruway From Adding More Debt or Tolls (TU, Capital, LoHud, Bloomberg)
De Blasio's NYCHA Plan Includes New Development, Higher Parking Fees (WSJ, NYT)
Driver Leaving Gas Station Injures 3-Year-Old on Sidewalk; No Charges (Post)
Port Authority Police Officers Crash Into SUV and Lightpole in Gramercy (WNBC)
De Blasio Administration Wants City Council to Rewrite Law Banning Motorized Pedicabs (Post)
MTA Shortens Station Announcements, Adds Staff to Crowded Platforms (WNYC, DNA)
Nicole Garcia Named DOT's New Queens Borough Commissioner (TL)
Far West Side Residential Development Pushes Car Dealerships From 11th Avenue (Observer)
10-Story Apartment Building to Replace Gas Station on Fulton Street in Bed-Stuy (YIMBY)
MTA Uses 8-Bit Aesthetic to Explain Train Delays (Gothamist, Curbed, Brokelyn)

In spring 2017, Stephen wrote for Streetsblog USA, covering the livable streets movement and transportation policy developments around the nation. From August 2012 to October 2015, he was a reporter for Streetsblog NYC, covering livable streets and transportation issues in the city and the region. After joining Streetsblog, he covered the tail end of the Bloomberg administration and the launch of Citi Bike. Since then, he covered mayoral elections, the de Blasio administration's ongoing Vision Zero campaign, and New York City's ever-evolving street safety and livable streets movements.

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